Podcast Name
Financial History
January 2026
56 minutes
Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026
Scott Bessent outlines proposals to reform the Federal Reserve, argues for strategic tariffs, and assesses U.S. competitiveness amid geopolitical shifts.
Financial History
August 2025
56 minutes
Plain History: How the Transcontinental Railroads Built the Modern World
Plain English
Derek Thompson looks back at the development of US railroads in the late 1800s to learn about the nature of […]
Financial History
June 2025
30 minutes
Ep54 “The Rise And Fall of Great Societies: Lessons from History” with Victor Davis Hanson
All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions
This episode explores the complexities and fragilities of successful societies, how specialization can lead to higher living standards but also […]
Markets
October 2023
110 minutes
Jeremy Grantham, Bubble Historian
The Compound and Friends
GMO’s Jeremy Grantham discusses the evolution of bubbles in relation to the market today, the quality factor and GMO’s entrance […]
Financial History
April 2023
53 minutes
CalSTRS: How the $300+ Billion Pension Fund is Allocating in 2023 – With Christopher Ailman, CIO
Money Maze
Ailman makes the case for predominantly passive equity allocations, explains why VC doesn’t fit CalSTERS size & style, discusses benchmark […]
Markets
January 2023
38 minutes
LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb
Cautionary Tales
Economist Tim Hartford explains why the widely shared story of the tulip bubble is an exaggeration, what Charles Mackay wrote about […]
Markets
November 2022
79 minutes
Siegel and Schwartz on Stocks for the Long Run
Professor Siegel and Jeremy Schwartz of WisdomTree discuss the current market and major takeaways from the updated edition of Stocks for the Long […]